by的奇怪用法

agldacheng

and henry had not only the chest of gold for his own, but he became by the king of england and the ruler of all the lands that his father had had in france.这里面by的用法哪位能指导一下,谢谢

涂于德

Very happy to see our old moderator!


The piece of writing may be an excerpt from
"The Sons of William the Conqueror"

      ... And Henry, the Handsome Scholar, had not only the chest of gold for his own, but he became by and by the King of England and the ruler of all the lands that his father had had in France.

by and by
adv. After a while; at some time in the future; later

coolfool

May I put in my two cents and simply play devil's advocate?

Why the by can't by chance be by-and-by?

agldacheng

it is a joy to meet you here.thank you for explaining. what you have said about the origin is right. the text in my book seems to be a different version from yours.